Javier Casqueiro

An amendment to the draft Democratic Memory Law seeks to change the interpretation of 1977 amnesty legislation that was used to free the regime’s political prisoners but also helped shield those suspected of abuses during the dictatorship

The Socialist leader celebrates the progress of the country’s immunization drive, which has fully vaccinated more than 26.4 million people

The Socialist leader hopes the changes will help focus on the economic recovery and smooth thorny issues such as Catalan independence before Spaniards vote in the next election

The publication had featured a series of caricatures of the far-right group’s leaders, including co-founder and former ETA hostage José Antonio Ortega Lara

Pedro Sánchez faces skepticism a day after meeting with the Catalan premier and a week after releasing nine pardoned leaders of the 2017 secession attempt

The sign attacking unaccompanied migrant minors was put up as part of the party’s effort to secure votes at the Madrid regional election

A regional power play that began last week in Murcia is shaking up Spanish politics, prompting early polls in the central region and now pushing the Unidas Podemos leader to quit his role in the central government

Pedro Sánchez appeared in parliament to explain the government’s actions since the state of alarm went into effect in late October

The victory brings added stability to the minority government and powers an ultra-expansive spending plan to deal with the coronavirus crisis

The center-left executive expects greater political stability in exchange for concessions on regional taxes and spending control

Main opposition party abstains to show that it considers the emergency measure abusively long

Pedro Sánchez will appear regularly before parliament in exchange for support for a six-month extension to the emergency measure

In a surprise move, Popular Party leader Pablo Casado launched a scathing attack on the far-right group in Congress today, symbolically breaking all links with its leader Santiago Abascal

Vox leader Santiago Abascal launched blistering attacks against the coalition government, calling it “social-communist,” “criminal” and “illegitimate,” among other epithets

During another tense session in Congress, the conservative Popular Party and far-right Vox called on Salvador Illa to resign and for the state of alarm in Madrid to be lifted

Right-wing parties warn they will legally challenge any move to grant clemency to the imprisoned leaders of the 2017 failed secession attempt

The rift is also apparent within the coalition government of the Socialist Party and the leftist Unidas Podemos, which accuses the emeritus king of fleeing the justice system

Pedro Sánchez gave Congress details of the recent EU coronavirus fund deal and urged the opposition to be open to similar agreements back home

The lower house voted in favor of three documents regarding the European Union, healthcare and the economy, but did not pass one on social policies

The Interior Ministry, National Police and Civil Guard all deny having hired the services of NSO, the Israeli company that created the software

The junior partner in the coalition government has little support for the move, which would also grant citizenship to foreign workers who provided essential services during the Covid-19 lockdown

Pedro Sánchez was harshly criticized for his handling of the coronavirus crisis by the PP and Vox, but found the votes needed for a final period of the emergency measures

Minority government secures backing for a plan to streamline procedures after lockdown creates a mounting backlog of cases

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Deputy PM Pablo Iglesias avoided being dragged into the mudslinging, and repeated their offers for a cross-party agreement to rebuild Spain after the coronavirus crisis ends

Pedro Sánchez has called for cross-party support to fight the coronavirus but has been met with the rejection of the PP and Vox

Opposition parties were highly critical of how the Socialist Party government of Pedro Sánchez has handled the crisis during Thursday’s debate in the lower house of parliament